Kawachi no Ayauji

...they claimed to be descendants of Emperor Ling of the Later Han Dynasty, and divided the power of the Qin clan, who claimed to be descendants of the First Emperor of Qin, and the naturalized clans. They were related by clan name to the Kawachi no Aya clan, who claimed to be descendants of Wang Jin, and therefore were referred to as the Eastern Han and Western Han, but their clan names were different. According to the Nihon Shoki, Shinsen Shojiroku, and even a memorial from Sakanoue no Karita Maro in the Shoku Nihongi, during the reign of Emperor Ojin, Achi no Omi, the third-generation grandson of Emperor Ling of the Later Han Dynasty, came to Japan leading the "17 provinces of the same clan," and then sent his son Tsuka no Omi to Wu, bringing back four women, the artisan Ehime, Otohime, Kureori, and Anaori. This is consistent with the story that during the reign of Emperor Yuryaku, a member of the Wakan clan was sent to Wu and brought back the "Tanasuenotehito" women Kinu no Ehime, Otohime, Hanori, and Kureori.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Kawachi Kanji" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…後漢霊帝の子孫を称し，秦始皇帝の裔という秦氏と帰化氏族の勢力を二分する。王仁の裔と称する河内漢氏（かわちのあやうじ）とは同族的な関係にあり，したがって東漢，西漢と連称されるが，氏は別である。　《日本書紀》《新撰姓氏録》さらに《続日本紀》の坂上苅田麻呂の上表文などによると，応神天皇のとき，後漢霊帝の3世孫阿知使主（あちのおみ）が〈党類十七県〉をひきい来日し，さらに子の都加使主（つかのおみ）を呉に遣わし，工女兄媛，弟媛，呉織，穴織の4婦女を連れてかえったというが，これは雄略天皇のとき倭漢氏の一族が呉に使し，〈手末才伎（たなすえのてひと）〉の衣縫兄媛，弟媛，漢織，呉織を連れかえったとする説話と共通する。…

※「河内漢氏」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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